Identification and quantification of Lyme pathogen strains by deep sequencing of outer surface protein C (ospC) amplicons
L. Di, Z. Wan, S. Akther, C. Ying, A. Larracuente, L. Li, C. Di, R. Nunez, D. M. Cucura, N. L. Goddard, K. Krampis, W. Qiu
The paper develops a deep sequencing method to identify and quantify Lyme pathogen strains by analyzing the ospC gene in ticks, revealing mixed infections and a new strain related to Borreliella bissettiae.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2018Microbiology